[
US
/ˈkɫeɪm/
]
[ UK /klˈeɪm/ ]
[ UK /klˈeɪm/ ]
NOUN
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an assertion of a right (as to money or property)
his claim asked for damages -
demand for something as rightful or due
they struck in support of their claim for a shorter work day -
an assertion that something is true or factual
his claim that he was innocent
evidence contradicted the government's claims -
an informal right to something
his claim on her attentions
his title to fame -
a demand especially in the phrase
the call of duty -
an established or recognized right
he had no documents confirming his title to his father's estate
he staked his claim
a strong legal claim to the property
VERB
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take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs
The hard work took its toll on her
the accident claimed three lives -
lay claim to; as of an idea
She took credit for the whole idea -
assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing
He claimed that he killed the burglar -
demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to
He claimed his suitcases at the airline counter
Mr. Smith claims special tax exemptions because he is a foreign resident -
ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for example
They claimed on the maximum allowable amount
How To Use claim In A Sentence
- Management claimed the lockout was a temporary measure and that the plant would be reopened on May 9.
- Sadly, none of a myriad of ingenious contraptions, despite inventors' claims, puts forth more energy than it absorbs.
- Despite the challenges that prevail, our women have 'shouldered' the burdens with great resilience and dignity; and many of the successes that we claim toady, must be credited to our mothers, grandmothers, wives, aunts and sisters. Jamaica Information Service
- Consumers get incredibly upset when dieticians and researchers backtrack on previous findings, proclaiming that products once deemed healthy are now in question.
- One in 20 changed their marital status to appeal to employers and five per cent falsely claimed to play golf. The Sun
- The report, which was based upon conversations with children who telephoned helplines, also claimed that the hidden problem of solvent abuse kills more children than drugs every year.
- Police claim to have dismantled 12 networks of traffickers so far this year. Times, Sunday Times
- We have a bunch of Wackadoo doos, who cannot accept that this Black man is the President of the United States and who are going around claiming that he is an undocumented alien and basically suggesting that he arrived at the presidency unlegimately. Police group: Obama should apologize
- But Labour's focus on abolishing child poverty is not, as he (deliberately) patronisingly claims, for the "aah" factor. Labourhome
- Nothing political -- nothing _political_! "he exclaimed. Villa Elsa A Story of German Family Life
